birds

Panoramic of an aviary

Hey, I am doing research for a university project and I would love to know what you think about animal food additives and supplements such as Vitamin and Mineral mixes. Do you like the idea of them? Is it something you consider helpful/necessary and if so when and how often do you use it...

Hello everyone, I was just wondering if anyone knew when and where was best for birdwatching in Poland. I was thinking Biebrza marshes would be good but does anyone know any better. Also when is a good time to go. When do migratory birds leave before winter and what sort of species are...

A new book arrived in the mail yesterday: Finding Australian Birds: A field guide to birding locations by Tim Dolby and Rohan Clarke. Having perused it for the last couple of days, in my opinion it is the most comprehensive book of it's kind on the market today (although smaller regional...

Hello everyone, My name is Virgile Thomas Dean, I am a filmmaker, teacher and student at Emily Carr university in Vancouver. I am producing a film inspired by the Bob Dylan song "with god on our side" with the intention of speaking about human nature and the dangers of patriotism and...

Rainbow Jungle was established in 1984 and the following is a quote from the Kalbarri Tourist Office website: When we first set out to create Rainbow Jungle in 1984, we had only one ambition....To Be The Best. Rainbow Jungle is now a world leader in the breeding of endangered species and is...

Having just visited Perth zoo I saw (for the first time in this collection) a rather impressive pair of Channel-billed cuckoos and started to wonder whether there was actually any point in keeping brood parasitic species like this without maintaining the host species in the same enclosure...that...

I would really like to see some photos of rare birds from collections around the world. By 'rare' I would like to reference the list posted on the World's Rarest Birds website, a list of which can be found at the following url: The World's 623 Rarest Birds I would like to start off with...

Any other wild bird of prey rehabbers on here? hoping to share knowledge and stories... :confused:

A Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) during the Birds of prey-display at Kolmården Zoo, Sweden. Taken: 4th October 2008

According to the Taronga Zoo website they have a Crimson Chat at the zoo. Does anyone happen to know where I might find it at the zoo - I'd love to try and get a photo of it for my collection.

There are some large cages for ibisspecies and some curassows.

Bird building (1948) at the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium.